_number8_@lemmy.world to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 10 months agoWhy is it legal to buy and sell used books/discs but illegal to buy and sell used digital files?message-squaremessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1268arrow-down118file-text
arrow-up1250arrow-down1message-squareWhy is it legal to buy and sell used books/discs but illegal to buy and sell used digital files?_number8_@lemmy.world to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square15fedilinkfile-text
this contradiction always confused me. either way the official company is “losing a sale” and not getting the money, right?
minus-squarePPQ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·10 months agoBecause companies have money, and money makes laws.
Because companies have money, and money makes laws.